WEBVTT I'VE BEEN ON CLASSIC COTTONAND METHADONE FROM 1998 TO 2013.-- ON OXYCONTIN AND METHADONEFROM 1998 TO 2013.REPORTER: AN UNUSUAL DISPLAY ONELM STREET ON AN ABSOLUTELYGORGEOUS SPRING DAY.FRANK HUNTLEY IS A SURVIVOR.FRANK HUNTLEY IS A MAN ON AMISSION.I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I'MSHOWING YOU THAT IT IS TRULY ME.I BUILT ME FROM THE FEET ALL THEWAY UP.REPORTER: EVERY SINGLEPRESCRIPTION BOTTLE BEARSFRANK'S NAMEEVERY ONE IS FOR AN OPIOID.15 YEARS OF ADDICTION.>> I HAD OXYCONTINE, OXYCODONE,METHADONE DOSE -- METHODOSE,METHADONE, THEY HAVE TO BE AWAREOF WHAT THEY ARE GIVING YOU.REPORTER: IT TOOK HIM A YEAR ANTO BREAK FREE FROM ADDICTION HISHALF BEST ADDICTION.HIS METHOD WAS UNORTHODOX.I QUIT COLD TURKEY.I TOOK BLOCKS OF ICE AND I FROZEMY BODY PARTS TO GET OFF OFTHIS.YOU HAVE TO WANT IT.AS BAD AS YOU WANT THAT DRUG YOUHAVE TO WANT THAT RECOVERY.>> IT'S JUST REALLY INTRIGUINGAND I WANT TO REMEMBER THEMOMENT AND WHEN I SAW IT ACROSTHE STREET I WAS JUST SO DRAWN, TO IT.I WANTED TO MEET HIM AND SEEWHAT THE STORY WAS.REPORTER: PILLMAN SPARKINGCONVERSATION ABOUT ADDICTION ANDTHE DRUG CRISIS.FRANK SAYS HE'S COMMITTED TOTAKING HIS MESSAGE AND HIS ALTEREGO AS FAR AS HE CAN BECAUSE HEBELIEVES IF HE CAN DO IT ANYONECAN.>> I WAS 125 POUNDS WHEN I CAMEOFF OF THIS POISONI'M 167 AND LOOKING VERYHEALTHAND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU LOOKHEALTHY AND ARE HERE FOR YOURFAMILYTO ALTHOUGH HUNTLEY USED ANUNCONVENTIONAL METHOD TO GETHIMSELF OFF PRESCRIPTION PILLS,EXPERTS SAY SEEING A MEDICALPROFESSIONAL, GOING TO A CLINICOR CALLING AN ADDICTION HOTLINEARE ALL GOOD FIRST STEPS FORSOMEONE WHO'S ADDICTED.THOSE PROFESSIONALS CAN HELP

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Standing on the street with a life-size model of a human being made entirely of prescription pill bottles, Frank Huntley, of Worcester, Massachusetts, is a man on a mission.

"I've been on oxycodone and methadone from 1998 to 2013," Huntley said.

His sculpture, "Pillman," is intended to spark conversation. The body is topped with a skull, and the hands are mannequin's hands, but the rest of Pillman is made entirely of pill bottles.

"I'm doing this because I'm showing you that it is truly me," Huntley said. "I built me from the feet all the way up."

Every bottle bears Huntley's name, and each one is for an opioid he used during 15 years of addiction.

"Look, I had OxyContin, oxycodone, Methadose, methadone. They have to be aware of what they are giving you," he said.

Huntley said it took him a year and half to break free from addiction. His method was unorthodox.

"I quit cold turkey," he said. "I took blocks of ice, and I froze my body parts to get off of this. You have to want it. As bad as you want that drug, you have to want that recovery."

Pillman drew attention on the streets of Manchester.

"It's just really intriguing, and I want to remember the moment, and when I saw it across the street, I was just so drawn to it," said Victoria Vazquez, of Laconia. "I wanted to meet him and see what the story was."

Huntley said he's committed to taking his message and his alter ego as far as he can, because he believes if he can do it, anyone can.

"I was 125 pounds when I came off of this poison," he said. "I'm 167 and looking very healthy, and I want to make sure you look healthy and are here for your family."

Although Huntley used an unconventional method to get himself off prescription pills, experts said that seeing a medical professional, going to a clinic or calling an addiction hotline are all good first steps for someone who's addicted.